Black History Month - Trivia Day 1

Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr., spent six days in space in 1983. Was he a member of a Challenger, Apollo or Gemini mission?

• Challenger

• Apollo

• Gemini

In what Midwestern city did Dr. Hale Williams establish the first African-American hospital?

• Tulsa, Oklahoma - 1921

• Atlanta, Ga - 1863

• Detroit Michigan - 1955

• Chicago, Illinois - 1891

Who was the first black woman ever named to the cabinet of a U.S. president?

• Condelezza Rice - Secretary of State

• Shirley Anita St. Hill - Secretary of War

• Patricia R. Harris - Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

• Amelia Boynton Robinson - Secretary of the Navy

In 1849, a Virginia slave named Henry Brown decided to mail himself to freedom.

• True

• False

Did the first black lawyer in America receive his license before or after the Civil War?

• Before

• After

What book by Richard Wright was a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club in 1940?

• Native Son

• Beloved

• The Invisible Man

Who invented a vertical spring that made it possible for cars to have convertible tops

• James A. Jones

• T.J Byrd

• James Earl Jones

Which distinguished gospel singer performed at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961?

• Mahalia Jackson

• Mariah Carey

• Whitney Houston

Who was the first African American to win a singles title at Wimbledon

• Althea Gibson

• Arthur Ashe

• Serena Williams

What HBCU did Jesse Jackson graduate from?

• Tuskegee
• North Carolina A&T
• Morehouse
• Howard